Harriet Sergeant
Is there a way to live without economic growth?
David Pilling's Bending Adversity looks at Japan's lost decade and ageing population — the country's resilience may hold a key for the West
Japanese soldiers salute after filling a channel with coffins during a mass burial of tsunami victims Photo: AFP/Getty
Financial Times Asia
Bending Adversity,
“a ghostly dust rising from buildings that were collapsing in the water’s path. The eerie white powder floated ahead of the wave like some terrible omen of death.
gambaranai
Gambarimasu
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